Week 8 Big Ten NFL standouts

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 4 years ago

Week 8 Big Ten NFL standouts

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 4 years ago

Every Tuesday morning during the NFL season, Brent Yarina singles out the best offensive, defensive and special teams performances by Big Ten products and links to their NFL.com highlights. View all the former Big Ten players on NFL active rosters. See Brent’s Week 8 winners in this post.

DEFENSE: Donte Whitner, S, San Francisco – The Ohio State product tallied six tackles to help San Francisco stifle Arizona, 24-3, on Monday Night Football. Whitner and the 49ers limited their division rivals to just 297 total yards.

SPECIAL TEAMS: Brandon Fields, P, Miami – The ex-Spartan pinned four of his six punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line and averaged an impressive 53.3 yards per punt in Miami’s 30-9 victory at the New York Jets.

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BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina covers football and men’s basketball for BTN.com. He writes the popular uniform feature “Clothes Call,” which also focuses on the latest cosmetic changes across Big Ten arenas and stadiums. Read all of his work here. You can subscribe to Yarina’s RSS feed and follow him on Twitter @BTNBrentYarina.